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READING PART 1

Five sentences have been removed from the text. Choose


from sentences A to F the one which fits each gap.

A- Most of them contained just everyday events concerning my


parents and their friends.
B- We had been corresponding for 29 years but had never met.
C- It didnt matter how short or untidy they were as long as they
were letters.
D- I found that I could often express myself more easily in writing
than by talking.
E- Like my mother before me, I insist they write their own letters.
F- We now have a regular correspondence. I can improve my
French (she speaks no English), we have stayed at her home
twice and she has stayed with us.
READING PART 1

Just a few lines

In our fast world of phones, emails and computers, the old fashioned
art of letter writing is at risk of disappearing, but to me, there is
something about receiving a letter that cannot be matched by any
other form of communication. There is the excitement of its arrival,
the pleasure of seeing who it is from and finally the enjoyment of the
contents.

Letter writing has been part of my life for as long as I can remember.
It probably began with the little notes I wrote to my mother. My
mother, also, always insisted I write my own post-cards for Christmas
(0) _C_

When I left home to go to university, I used to write once a week, and


so did my mother. Occasionally, my father sent long, amusing letters.
(1) _____. Of course, we also made
phone calls but it is the letters I
remember most.

There was also letters from my


boyfriends. When I was young, I
seemed to attract people who had to
work or study away at some time and I
was only able to stay in touch by
correspondence. Letter writing seemed to improve the relationship.
(2) _____

I love letters that come with my birthday of Christmas cards. And it is


even nicer when its an airmail envelope with beautiful stamps. I have
a pen friend in Australia and another in Canada. There is a lady who
writes to me from France. If we hadnt started talking in a restaurant
on the way home from holiday, if my husband hadnt taken her photo
and I hadnt asked for her address, I would have never been able to
write to her. (3) _____

My biggest letter writing success, however, came this summer, when


my family and I stayed with my American pen friend in Texas. (4) ____.
Everyone was amazed that correspondence could last so long.
READING PART 1

I am pleased that my children are carrying on the tradition. (5) _____.


My daughter writes me letters, just as I did to my mother. I strongly
believe that letter writing should not be another lost art.

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